The anti-human trafficking cell of Haridwar police busted a human trafficking racket here on Sunday. The police have arrested seven accused including four women in this connection. Three girls, including a 17-year-old girl from West Bengal were rescued who were forced into prostitution and sold repeatedly by the pimp.
One incident was reported in Dallawala village of Khanpur police station area from where anti human trafficking cell rescued a 17-year-old girl. The girl was alledly sold to to mentally challenged man Rakam for Rs 50,000 by Mangi, 40-year-old woman from Kankhal. However Rakam’s brother-in-law Mange Ram allegedly raped the girl several times as Rakam was not mentally sound.
“It was not first time when rescued resident of Kishanganj, district Melaghat, West-Bengal was sold. After death of her parents she reached Haridwar four years ago where she met a local woman
Shano alias Khala who runs a sex racket in Jwalapur area with her husband Zulfikar. Khala lured the girl with promise of placement in good company and forced her into prostitution instead. later she was allegedly sold to an old man for Rs 50,000 in laksar by Khala but after some time the man died and Khala brought the girl at her home,” said Jawahar lal, head of anti-human trafficking cell.
Khala sold the girl to Mangi once more for Rs 40,000 and Mangi forced her into prostitution in Kankhal. After some time Mangi sold her to Rakam Singh. Now Mangi, Khala and her accomplice Moni have been arrested.
While another woman, a resident of district Gajipur, Bihar has also been rescued from the residence of Khala, he added. Acting on a tip-off, the anti human trafficking cell raided on Sunday evening a house of local scrap dealer in SIIDCUl.
Police arrested three accused and one girl running sex racket while a 26 year old girl from district Chapra, Bihar was rescued from the house where she had been forced into prostitution.
Jawahar lal told The Pioneer, “We have arrested Nabirul Sheikh alias Sonu Bengali from Vardhman, West-Bengal, Shyam Das from Chhattisgarh, Asif from laksar in Haridwar and a 20-year-old local girl. Sonu Bengali is the main accused of the gang who lured the girls.”
Earlier this week police had arrested 11 people involved in flesh trade including four girls. This is second big case related to flesh trade to be exposed by the police recently.